Pertusaria leioplaca DC.
(a lichen)

Interactions where Pertusaria leioplaca is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Filters:

Affected Part		Summary			Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Taxon Uncertain	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Uncertain	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season	Summary
		is parasitised by lirella			Opegrapha pertusariicola	a lichenicolous lichen	Arthoniales: Roccellaceae	A Key to the Lichen-forming, Parasitic, Parasymbiotic and Saprophytic Fungi occurring on Lichens in the British Isles, Hawksworth, D.L., 1983	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Arthoniomycetes/Arthoniales/Roccellaceae/Opegrapha pertusariicola/	Opegrapha pertusariicola	a lichenicolous lichen				lirella	Lichen / parasite		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Pertusariales/Pertusariaceae/Pertusaria leioplaca/	Pertusaria leioplaca	a lichen								lirella parasitises
		may support apothecium			Sphinctrina tubaeformis	a lichenicolous lichen	Mycocaliciales: Sphinctrinaceae	A Key to the Lichen-forming, Parasitic, Parasymbiotic and Saprophytic Fungi occurring on Lichens in the British Isles, Hawksworth, D.L., 1983	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Eurotiomycetes/Mycocaliciales/Sphinctrinaceae/Sphinctrina tubaeformis/	Sphinctrina tubaeformis	a lichenicolous lichen				apothecium	Lichen / symbiont		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Pertusariales/Pertusariaceae/Pertusaria leioplaca/	Pertusaria leioplaca	a lichen					Major			apothecium lives on/in
thallus		thallus may support pycnidium of Laeviomyces coelomycetous anamorph			Laeviomyces pertusariicola	a lichenicolous coelomycete		A Key to the Lichen-forming, Parasitic, Parasymbiotic and Saprophytic Fungi occurring on Lichens in the British Isles, Hawksworth, D.L., 1983	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Laeviomyces pertusariicola/	Laeviomyces pertusariicola	a lichenicolous coelomycete			pycnidium	Laeviomyces coelomycetous anamorph	Lichen / symbiont		UK and/or Eire	/Fungi/Ascomycota/Lecanoromycetes/Pertusariales/Pertusariaceae/Pertusaria leioplaca/	Pertusaria leioplaca	a lichen			thallus		Major			pycnidium of Laeviomyces coelomycetous anamorph lives on/in thallus

Author & Year	Title	Source
Hawksworth, D.L., 1983	A Key to the Lichen-forming, Parasitic, Parasymbiotic and Saprophytic Fungi occurring on Lichens in the British Isles	44pp, The British Lichen Society

Pertusaria leioplaca (a lichen) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Pertusaria leioplaca (a lichen) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Pertusaria
(a genus of crustose lichens)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Lichenes
(lichens)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Pertusaria leioplaca (a lichen)
Genus	Pertusaria (a genus of crustose lichens)
Family	PERTUSARIACEAE (a family of lichens)
Order	PERTUSARIALES (an order of lichens)
Subclass	LECANOROMYCETIDAE (a subclass of lichens)
Class	LECANOROMYCETES (a class of lichens)
Subphylum	PEZIZOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of ascomycetes)
Phylum	ASCOMYCOTA (spore shooters, ascomycete)
Kingdom	FUNGI (true fungi)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Pertusaria leioplaca is also a member of:
Lichenes - lichens (via Lecanoromycetidae)
Micromycetes - microfungi (via Ascomycota)
Fungi s.l. - fungi (in the broad sense) (via Fungi)
Lower Plants - lower plants (via Fungi s.l.)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Pertusaria leioplaca (a lichen)

Pertusaria leioplaca (a lichen) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Lichenes
(lichens)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Pertusaria leioplaca (a lichen):

ASCOMYCOTA
(spore shooters, ascomycete)

FUNGI
(true fungi)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Lichenes
(lichens)

Fungi s.l.
(fungi (in the broad sense))

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